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Security analysts suggest the US could resort to a Malacca blockade, launching warships from Singapore, if a war over Taiwan erupted. It’s also possible, the same analysts suggest, that the US could seek to block Thailand’s Land Bridge on the Andaman side, putting Thailand in a potentially delicate diplomatic spot in the event of a Taiwan war. Last month, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Thai prime minister outlined the plan to US, Japanese, and other potential investors, including Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of Dubai Port (DP) World, a logistics company based in the United Arab Emirates. As a result, Transportation Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit will go to Dubai soon to meet DP officials, Srettha said. “The key factor that makes the investors interested in the project is the 10% internal rate of return they will receive from the project,” Suriya said. Among foreign shippers, China could increase its international market prowess by using the Land Bridge because most of its exports to Europe currently sail the longer route through the Malacca Strait. The Land Bridge would connect Ranong port, on southwest Thailand’s Andaman Sea, with Chumphon port on the southeast coast along the Gulf of Thailand. Railway stations and coast-to-coast train facilities would be built while construction crews lay a sleek highway across rocky hills and jungles to service the two seaports. On each coast, cargo ships would end their journey, dock and unload their goods onto waiting trains and trucks.
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